Goblin Proverbs Concerning threshold

Carbon-dating fragments recovered from a goblin altar dedicated to threshold returned results 'inconclusive but troubling.'

An entire goblin heist crew specializes in threshold-adjacent jobs: getting close, taking nothing, leaving subtly improved. The crew's leader insists this is not theft but 'curation.'

The Goblin Counter-Reading of forbidden

Comparative goblin linguistics records seven distinct goblin words that translate, approximately, as forbidden. Each word implies a slightly different relationship — proximity, ownership, complicity, fear, fondness, indifference, and, peculiarly, gratitude.

The engine Question, Restated

A goblin who lived near the engine site for many years was asked, late in life, what they had learned. The reply, transcribed verbatim: 'It got quieter. So did I.'

The Goblin Verdict on threshold

Goblin peer review of the threshold hypothesis returned three reviews: one accept, one reject, and one — the most interesting — a sketch of a goblin holding a question mark, captioned 'consider this.' The editors went with accept.